In the first of our two part special feature, Steven dives into the history of Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest.

From its early glory with Lys Assia through to the legend Celine Dion... and couple of nil points in between, Switzerland are one of Eurovision's longest-serving competitors, so we are shining a light on the good, the bad, and all the multilingual goodness they've had to offer us over the years!

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Mentioned in this episode:

Lys Assia - ‘Das alte Karussell’ (Switzerland, 1956): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCzgcVPOb8E

Lys Assia - ‘Refrain’ (Switzerland, 1956): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HKSP_HQ5hk

Lys Assia - ‘L’enfant que j’étais’ (Switzerland, 1957): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiSnxD1tbVk

Lys Assia - ‘Giorgio’ (Switzerland, 1958): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGsalvX8K4c

Peter, Sue and Marc - ‘Les illusions de nos vingt ans’ (Switzerland, 1971): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kJPdJuYPzI

Peter, Sue and Marc - ‘Djambo Djambo’ (Switzerland, 1976): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo-584dMfbc

Peter, Sue and Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri - ‘Trödler & Co’ (Switzerland, 1979): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C146vwTKLOE

Peter, Sue and Marc - ‘Io senza te’ (Switzerland, 1981): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l_BknJkjqY

Anita Traversi - ‘Cielo e terra’ (Switzerland, 1960): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQFa5bcRXUE

Anita Traversi - ‘I miei pensieri’ (Switzerland, 1964): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LVzg3_6Wmo

Paola - ‘Bonjour, Bonjour’ (Switzerland, 1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXAxj0fYhk

Paola - ‘Cinéma (Switzerland, 1980): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC_IEns_SSk

Véronique Müller - ‘C’est la chanson de mon amour’ (Switzerland, 1972): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gRJ9j0A834

Mariella Farré - ‘Io così non ci sto’ (Switzerland, 1983): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NefVUY13wsg

Pepe Lienhard Band - ‘Swiss Lady’ (Switzerland, 1977): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdD2ljNVui0

Mariella Farré & Pino Gaspiarini - ‘Piano, Piano’ (Switzerland, 1985): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL_KON9qyqQ

Franca di Rienzo - ‘Nous aurons demain’ (Switzerland, 1961): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03-NjbYQz14

Esther Ofarim - ‘T’en vas pas’ (Switzerland, 1963): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI8yLiJLObc

Géraldine - ‘Quel cœur vas-tu briser?’ (Switzerland, 1967): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWonRzGuSw4

Piera Martell - ‘Mein Ruf nach dir’ (Switzerland, 1974): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP_h6mpDIoY

Arlette Zola - ‘Amour on t’aime’ (Switzerland, 1982): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQDbQcJLaVE

Daniela Simons - ‘Pas pour moi’ (Switzerland, 1986): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGwXT_fHT0Q

Sandra Kim - ‘J’aime la vie’ (Belgium, 1986): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT3c41gi3B4

Céline Dion - ‘Ne partez pas sans moi’ (Switzerland, 1988): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXLWfXmlXPc

Scott Fitzgerald - ‘Go’ (United Kingdom, 1988): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WBMsRc5fEs

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